Another round of bad weather has postponed most of the college signing ceremonies originally scheduled for Wednesday, the start of the main signing period for football.

We do know where a bunch of the Lehigh Valley Conference's top players are headed to continue their careers. Here's a rundown of players who are signing with Division I or II programs, based on information provided by coaches and athletic directors.

Parkland and Bethlehem Catholic are the last two LVC teams without a league loss.

That will change for one team tonight.

The Trojans visit Bethlehem Catholic in the biggest game on Wednesday's schedule. The winner will have the inside track on the No. 1 seed for the LVC tournament, which is just 2 weeks away.

Parkland joined the Harrisburg Patriot-News Class 4A honorable-mention ranks this week. Nazareth also remains a 4A team to watch in the latest poll.

Bethlehem Catholic continued to drop in the Class 3A state rankings, tumbling from No. 2 to No. 6 after losing to Archbishop Carroll and Phillipsburg on Sunday and Monday. Central Catholic stayed at No. 9 in the 3A Top 10 rankings, while Northwestern remains an honorable-mention team in 3A.

With two weeks left in the girls basketball regular season, the races for playoff berths in the Lehigh Valley Conference, Colonial League and Mountain Valley Conference are winding down.

Don't look for too much drama down the stretch.

The LVC races are all but over, with Central Catholic rolling toward the West Division title and Bethlehem Catholic cruising to another East Division title. The North Division title figures to come down to Parkland and Nazareth, with the loser the likely LVC wild card.

Northwestern (Colonial North) and Southern Lehigh (Colonial South) both hold two-game leads within their divisions. Bangor and Salisbury are both 1 1/2 games up in the battle for the league's two wild-card slots.

The MVC again looks like it's Pocono Mountain West's to lose. The Panthers have at least a two-game edge on everyone else in the race for the top seed. Pleasant Valley, Pocono Mountain East and East Stroudsburg South are almost certain to join Pocono Mountain West in the four-team MVC tournament.

Here are the latest standings with two weeks of regular-season action remaining.

It was a tough weekend for several area teams riding long winning streaks.

Bethlehem Catholic started the season 12-0 but got thumped 61-39 by Archbishop Wood on Sunday in a matchup of teams ranked Nos. 1 and 2 in Class 3A by the Harrisburg Patriot-News. Wood is certain to move to No. 1 in the state rankings, but how far will Bethlehem Catholic drop?

Notre Dame-Green Pond entered Saturday having won seven straight games but lost to Pocono Mountain East and Marian Catholic. Parkland (with Erica Bross, right) had won nine straight games heading into Saturday, but it fell to Berks Catholic in a tournament Saturday. The Trojans still managed to go 7-1 during a stretch of eight games in 10 days and have already wrapped up a District 11 4A playoff berth.

Below are the standings for the LVC, Colonial League and MVC through Monday's games.

Friday featured a full slate of conference games in the Lehigh Valley Conference, Colonial League and Mountain Valley Conference.

Chalk prevailed in most places.

The one near upset came in the MVC, where Stroudsburg took defending league champion Pocono Mountain West to overtime before succumbing. The Panthers are now 6-0 in the MVC and have won 20 straight games against MVC foes.

The LVC featured a bunch of lopsided games. The one toss-up game went to Easton, which pulled out a 40-39 win over Emmaus. The win moved Easton to 6-6 and dropped Emmaus to 6-6. Both teams can qualify for the District 11 playoffs if they win five of their final 10 games.

Parkland and Bethlehem Catholic remained the last two LVC teams without a league loss. Parkland rolled past Freedom, while Bethlehem Catholic cruised past Whitehall. The Trojans and Golden Hawks will meet Tuesday in Bethlehem, with the winner gaining the inside track on the top seed for the LVC tournament.

The Colonial League also featured one toss-up game Friday, with Salisbury pulling out a 53-45 win over Palmerton. The Falcons have won six straight games overall and are in position to challenge for a league playoff berth.

We’ve reached the point in the high school basketball season where the best teams are starting to clinch District 11 playoff berths.

With four weeks left in the regular season, three teams – Central Catholic, Northwestern and North Schuylkill – have secured Class 3A spots for the District 11 tournament next month. No one in any other classification has qualified for districts yet, but we should see several teams join the field this week. Bethlehem Catholic (with Kalista Walters, left), Nazareth, Bangor, Pocono Mountain West and Southern Lehigh are among the teams from The Morning Call coverage area closing in on spots.

Plenty of big Colonial League and Lehigh Valley Conference games are ahead this week, especially on Tuesday. Five games – three Colonial, two LVC – featuring teams battling for league playoff berths are on tap.

Below is a look at some of the key games as well as the latest standings for the LVC, Colonial League and Mountain Valley Conference.

MONDAY

Parkland at Liberty: Parkland has won five straight games since returning from Florida. It has a one-game edge on Nazareth in the North Division race.

Liberty is one of three teams currently tied for the LVC wild-card lead at 3-1 in the league. The Hurricanes have a big week ahead, playing Central Catholic on Tuesday after facing the Trojans.

Pocono Mountain East at Pocono Mountain West: Pocono Mountain West has a one-game edge on Pocono Mountain East and East Stroudsburg South in the MVC standings. The Panthers can clinch a district berth by winning their two MVC games this week.

TUESDAY

Palmerton at Southern Lehigh: Palmerton has beaten most of the teams it should have en route to an 8-2 start. A trip to Southern Lehigh gives the Blue Bombers a chance for a signature win.

Northwestern at Palisades: Palisades took Southern Lehigh to overtime a couple of weeks ago. How will the Pirates fare against Northwestern, the North Division leader?

Bethlehem Catholic at Nazareth: Bethlehem Catholic is the last remaining unbeaten in the area at 10-0. Nazareth has won nine straight games since an 0-2 start.

FRIDAY

Salisbury at Palmerton: Both these teams have a chance to qualify for the Colonial League playoffs. The winner of this matchup will help its tiebreaker chances.

Emmaus at Easton: Two teams hovering near .500 face off, with the winner giving itself a boost in its quest to qualify for the 4A playoffs.

Northampton at Central Catholic: Northampton starts the week having dropped three of its last four games. The Konkrete Kids will have to defend well against the Vikettes, who are averaging 52.8 points per game.

With Kalista Walters (right) delivering a 42-point, 17-rebound performance Tuesday, Bethlehem Catholic beat Central Catholic 79-74 in double overtime and stayed perfect this season. The Golden Hawks (9-0 overall, 4-0 LVC) also remained at No. 1 in the 3A state poll for a second straight week. They began the year at No. 2, behind the South Park team that beat them for the state title last year.

Central Catholic's impressive showing against the Golden Hawks earned it a No. 10 ranking after it had been an honorable-mention choice last week. The Vikettes (9-1, 3-1) have played a rugged schedule, facing North Schuylkill, Southern Lehigh, North Hunterdon and Villa Maria Academy in addition to their LVC schedule.

Salisbury edged Wilson in the only other game played Tuesday night as a bunch of games were postponed by the arctic air blasting the area. Here are the latest standings for the LVC, Colonial League and MVC.

After a slower time on the Varsity blog over the holidays, things will start to ramp back up this week. Up first is a fresh look at the area girls basketball standings.

Three teams -- Northwestern, Bethlehem Catholic and Central Catholic -- completed perfect Decembers. All three are 8-0 heading into 2014.

Friday will bring a full slate of league games across the area provided the impending snow doesn't wipe out the schedule. Next week will offer perhaps the biggest day of the regular season, as Bethlehem Catholic visits Central Catholic (LVC) and Northwestern travels to Southern Lehigh (Colonial League) in potential league championship game previews Tuesday.

We have only five weeks until the league tournaments arrive. Here's how things stand as teams try to position themselves for a playoff push.

A snowy start to the high school basketball season has limited the number of games played across the area, but everyone in the three main leagues covered by The Morning Call has now played at least one game.

A couple of things jumped out at me when I was compiling the standings.

1. Palmerton has produced a solid start, going 4-0 overall and 2-0 in the Colonial League. I picked the Blue Bombers to make the league tournament during the preseason, and they have looked every bit the part of a contender.

Palmerton has a key game Tuesday, taking on Northwestern. The Tigers are also 4-0, 2-0.

2. Nazareth has already lost twice to top competition, falling to Central Catholic and Parkland. The Blue Eagles didn't lose their second game last season until Jan. 15, when they fall to Bethlehem Catholic.

Here's a first look at the standings in the Lehigh Valley Conference, Colonial League and Mountain Valley Conference.

Morning Call Sports Reporters Stephen Miller and Tom Housenick blog about high school and college sports action on and off the field in and around the Lehigh Valley, only at themorningcall.com.

Meet the bloggers

TOM HOUSENICK watches every move Lehigh’s C.J. McCollum makes on the court, laughs at every joke by Lafayette coach Fran O’Hanlon and watches all the Divisions II and III coaches and players do it for the love of the game. Basketball makes the cold weather season go by fast. Already can’t wait for late February and early March when each possession could result in a season ending or continuing on.

Wrapping up his ninth year at The Morning Call, STEPHEN MILLER is back for year No. 4 on the LVC football beat. He chronicled Central Catholic's state-championship run in 2010, watched Nazareth win its first LVC title in 2011 and saw the league crown tri-champions for the first time in 2012. He has also covered the Phillies, college football and a variety of prep sports while with The Morning Call. To stay updated on the 2013 LVC football season, check out the Varsity blog and follow him on Twitter @mcall_smiller.